I was thinking about that too and you can make your own ground CZs in control systems if you pick a planet/easy to find landmark like "everyone go
In previously inhabited systems, it’s even easier - just pick any surface port, installation or settlement to meet up over.
I think fighting thargoids on the surface without repairs might be easier than fighting them in space without repairs and with system AX backup because they don't have swarms and their speed/agility is reduced(?) when near the surface. So that's an in-between step really.
I'd say "are forced" instead of "prefer"... Making your own ammo like a prepper from bits and pieces of the shredded and mangled corpses of your enemies or from bits and pieces of millions of years old alien technology doesn't really seem like the perfected war logistics of the 34th century to me.
What's that? If you send a research limpet, the interceptor is somehow incapacitated? :-O
Yes, I think it locks on to the first thing it sees so if you catch it early as it's dropping in and are in silent running/fairly cool. It becomes targetable while it's still in the hyperspace tear and if you fire a few research limpets at it then it's pretty much guaranteed it'll fixate on those instead.
Great ty for answering I'll make sure to grab everything in the burning stations with each run o7.
Why?...because I didnt know those existed until now lol ty for the tip I'll swing by shin or somewhere and grab one. Size 7 universal's and xeno multis are all I knew existed haven't mined in 2yrs didnt know they came out with those. o7
What's your build? I reckon I'd really struggle to take out NPC Condas in a mainly-cargo Cutter (my own has 720 t though, and essentially no weapons worth mentioning), so your flying can't be too shabby
Core internals:What's your build? I reckon I'd really struggle to take out NPC Condas in a mainly-cargo Cutter (my own has 720 t though, and essentially no weapons worth mentioning), so your flying can't be too shabby
LOL, yes and the "juicy cargo" style of NPC messages often seem hugely inappropriate to the actual cargo!
Yeah lol I could be full of biowaste and they'd still say that but these aren't normal cargo pirates the incoming enemy alerts seem to be from factions strangely targeting rescue efforts. Simple reverski strategy works on the condas just change up speed back and forth to keep them around 1.5km. If I see pa shots I briefly put 4 pips to shields and if they chaff I switch on night vision and deselect them and manually aim the gimbals.LOL, yes and the "juicy cargo" style of NPC messages often seem hugely inappropriate to the actual cargo!
Ah yes I did a few rescue missions lately and got a bunch of those myself. Bizarrely, on most of my rescue trips - despite them typically being 6-ish jumps - the "incoming enemy" alerts didn't come up until I literally left supercruise at the rescue ship
At one point I think I had three Condas pop up beside the rescue ship, make a few threats, and leave Yeah that's how it always goes for me too I run into cargo pirates along the way but once I reach the final system the alerts come in crazy. Ty got used to manual aiming in a vette vs elite fdls when running assasination missions the night vision helps a lot. Yeah it's funny they started parking next to the rescue ship on me and just sitting there trying to get me to shoot at em probably knowing full well the rescue ship will open fire on me if I do within the no fire zone. To counter that I back away to 9km but I still have to wait for them to shoot first or I get nailed by the rescue ship. Npc logic can be bewildering at timesAh yes I did a few rescue missions lately and got a bunch of those myself. Bizarrely, on most of my rescue trips - despite them typically being 6-ish jumps - the "incoming enemy" alerts didn't come up until I literally left supercruise at the rescue ship
Meanwhile, manually aiming guns on a Cutter - respect! (I realllly suck at that.)
